Shows
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleSummer Bucket List (w/ Carey & Isabelle)Fall is upon us, school! And that? Calls for an evaluation of the summer bucket list. Join the gals as they say adieu to another season the only way they know how—with profound discourse. Delve into discussions about the integrity of dirty martinis, the whereabouts of Lady Gaga’s high school classmates, the yearning to kiss a lover in an open field, the spiritual nature of wounded animals, and so much more. Also: We have a secret admirer and it’s seismic. Listen, love, learn, yearn, and stay tuned for some Very Big announcements from Floundering LLC!Foll...
2025-09-2458 minFloundering with Carey and IsabelleWhispering to Our Water (w/ Carey & Isabelle)The women of Floundering LLC catch up after some time apart, which means the conversation is absolutely coherent, accessible, and easy to follow. Isabelle recounts her family trip to Greece and newfound reverence for the mythical gods. Carey shares how she engages in inner child work with her bottled water. Both gals get emotional over the power of a shared playlist and the magic of all-girls’ summer camp. You’ll laugh, we’ll cry, what more could you want.Follow us on IG @flounderingpod & TikTok @flounderingpodcast!
2025-08-011h 16Floundering with Carey and IsabelleRunning Toward Mayonnaise (w/ Carey & Isabelle)The girls are back, dogs are humans, and tuna salad is a neutral base. Any questions? Tune in for another raucous romp as Carey skewers the Spotify algorithm, Isabelle regales us with the story of her sober night at a rave sauna, and much more! Plus, a celebration of the most daring political activists of our time: people who draw dicks and balls on subway ads.Follow us on IG @flounderingpod & TikTok @flounderingpodcast!
2025-07-181h 28Floundering with Carey and IsabelleClip it! (w/ Ash Diggs)Today’s episode makes Floundering history as the gals chat with their first-ever straight man on the pod — just in time for Pride month! Join us as dear friend and delightful comedian Ash Diggs shares his journey to standup, schools us in horror movies, and takes us on a tour of one of America’s most cherished places: Texarkana. Plus: the girls embark on a disruptive new business venture (where-is-my-halal-truck.com) and face the imminent reality of a cease-and-desist from Carl Jung’s estate.Follow Ash on IG @ashdiggs_!Follow us on IG @flounderingpod & TikTok @flounder...
2025-06-261h 25Floundering with Carey and IsabelleSummer of Jams and Preserves (w/ Carey & Isabelle)It’s summertime and the gals are ungrounded and giggly, but thankfully we have our trusted male producer Connor on the mic to keep us on track. Tune in to hear about Carey’s transformative hair journey, Isabelle’s transcendent experience at Cowboy Carter, and the importance of crafting delectable homemade turkey sandwiches this summer. Delight in our many abrupt topic changes as we follow our creative flow and indulge in the trademark whimsy of our time together!Follow us on IG @flounderingpod & TikTok @flounderingpodcast!
2025-06-121h 34Floundering with Carey and IsabelleSeeking a Man With a Union Body (w/ McKenna Moore)Palate cleanser! The gals are joined by comedienne extraordinaire McKenna Moore for a conversation that is sure to leave you desperate to be her travel companion and life-partner (provided that you’re 6’5, averse to horror movies, and a union electrician). Come for her brains and beauty, stay for tips about confronting the parents of your online haters. McKenna is a trove of wisdom and this may be the last time you’re able to get it for free. Listen while supplies last. Follow us on IG @flounderingpod & TikTok @flounderingpodcast!
2025-05-291h 22Floundering with Carey and IsabelleYoung Moms Flock to Floundering (w/ Carey & Isabelle)Hello from the other side! After a torturous month apart, the girls finally reunite with brand-new identities: Isabelle is a wife and Carey is a girl who went on vacation. There is much to gab about, from Isabelle’s wedding/promotional event for Floundering, to Carey’s experience witnessing the Miracle of Life. Plus: Isabelle had a brush with death at the Charli XCX concert, Carey happened to Mexico, and much more!Follow us on IG @flounderingpod & TikTok @flounderingpodcast!
2025-05-131h 15Floundering with Carey and IsabelleHowling at the Blood Moon (w/ Carey & Isabelle)It’s the full moon lunar eclipse, which can only mean one thing: Isabelle has a short fuse and Carey is once again Going Through Something™. But don’t fret, because the gals know how to giggle through the pain! Tune in to hear us talk about Carey’s upcoming trip to Mexico, terrifying insect encounters, Isabelle’s slutty sarong, and most importantly, OUR FEELINGS. Plus: Carey makes herstory by crying on the podcast for the first time, Isabelle discovers the joys of bellying up to the bar, and so much more!Follow us on IG @flounderingpod & TikTok @fl...
2025-03-191h 26Floundering with Carey and IsabelleOpa Broccoli (w/ Carey & Isabelle)The gals reunite after some time apart and celebrate in true Floundering fashion: by begging for clout. Dive in for discussions about the most pathetic foods to choke on, the carceral state of Duane Reade’s deodorant aisle, and the joys of new roommates/apartment acquaintances. Also, everyone say thank you to Carey’s therapist, who is carrying this team on her back. Follow us on IG @flounderingpod & TikTok @flounderingpodcast!
2025-03-051h 16Floundering with Carey and IsabelleThe Riviera of Rhinebeck (w/ Carey & Isabelle)Fresh off their exotic trip to Rhinebeck, NY, the gals are back to debrief on Isabelle’s (and America’s) final days of freedom! Tune in to get all the details on Isabelle’s bout with influenza, Carey’s TikTok ban mental breakdown, and all the fun festivities from our long weekend getaway. Plus: two flips to get us through dark days, and love letters to the USPS and Carey’s bodacious ass.Follow us on IG @flounderingpod & TikTok @flounderingpodcast!
2025-02-121h 21Floundering with Carey and IsabelleBig brave birthday boy (w/ Chase Hoffman)The School continues to grow! The gals sit down with jack of all trades Chase Hoffman: Brooklyn comedian, Connecticut native, horror movie enthusiast, reformed nail biter, and—most importantly—handsome, brave, birthday boy. No stone left unturned in this conversation. Feast your ears on musings about oral fixations, solo movie dates, celebrity feuds, animal behavior, and so much more. If you play your cards right, Carey might even read you a passage from her Wisdom of the East desk calendar. Listen and love!
Follow Chase on IG @chaseahoffman!
2025-01-291h 27Floundering with Carey and IsabelleBurpees during Peaches (w/ Kayla Kirk)In a historic first, the gals are letting someone else talk for once. In today’s episode we share the couch with our very first Floundering guest, the esteemed Brooklyn comedian Kayla Kirk! Kayla becomes the first person other than Carey or Isabelle to participate in Flip or Flop and Message in a Bottle, and the gals bond over the universal experience of having frizzy hair and hot doctors. Plus: Kayla schools us all in 2010s YouTube vloggers, Carey dishes about a chance subway encounter, and Isabelle recounts her seven-day free trial with a cult disguised as an online wo...
2025-01-151h 22Floundering with Carey and IsabelleMary was a nothing burgerRecorded on the eve of Floundering’s first birthday, we say farewell to 2024 the only way we know how: with some good old fashioned gab. Carey shares her on-the-ground reporting from a recent visit to Texas, Isabelle recounts a memorable five hour Uber drive within Brooklyn, and both gals discuss favorite Christmas treats and traditions. All of that plus some thoughtful discourse about our distrust of drones and Bluetooth.
2025-01-011h 09Floundering with Carey and IsabelleThe gift of happenstance gab (RE-RELEASE)In honor of the one-year anniversary of Floundering, we're re-releasing our top episode of 2024! In this classic, Carey and Isabelle prove they can't handle the responsibilities of intro music while unpacking the immaculate conception of their workplace friendship. As a bonus, the gals rate their time apart (it's always painful), and send love notes to the pharmaceutical community.
2024-12-181h 13Floundering with Carey and IsabelleCold-blooded scale babiesIt’s been three whole weeks since the gals have seen each other, so there’s a lot to catch up on: Isabelle’s plight of not having Hot Girl Handwriting, Carey’s encounter with her ghosts of exes past, and one big presidential-sized Flop. Plus: the girls give thanks for Floundering’s first known hater and reckon with the exhaustion of knowing too much in the information age.Happy Thanksgiving to our SCHOOL! We love y’all!
2024-11-271h 16Floundering with Carey and IsabelleThe kids are not alrightCarey and Isabelle have a bone to pick with the Children’s Literature Industrial Complex (again). Step inside an analysis of 3 books and learn about the dangers of liking straight sons for always, body shaming bear cubs, and befriending a gourd. Plus, the gals share two flops and try Their Very Hardest to end the episode on a high note.
2024-11-131h 13Floundering with Carey and IsabelleThe Floundering Halloween SpooktacularIt’s Halloween, and you know what that means. Time for the gals to talk all things SCAWY: ghost encounters, ghoul-operated dumbwaiters, and Isabelle’s cold sores. Plus: Carey got sick and won’t let anyone forget it, Isabelle experienced the unexpected joys of Pittsburgh, USA, and we realized we are both too perpetually afraid to uncage our hearts to spooky season. Come for the ghost story, stay to find out our favorite candy.
2024-10-301h 20Floundering with Carey and IsabelleWe have the twistiesThe gals battle with the twisties of podcasting this episode, and all we’re asking for is the same grace we gave Simone Biles during the 2021 Olympic Games. Other topics discussed: meeting reading goals, traveling in economy, grappling with our self concept, and loving on NYC-specific advertising and Alfalfa sprouts. Please bear with us.
2024-10-161h 15
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleOreo stuff’a m’holeA conversation about our Extremely Online culture, if you can believe it. From Reddit and the plight of Instagram dumps to bed rotting and the era of bumpin’ that, please stuff’a your ears responsibly.
2024-10-021h 12
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleWho's afraid of Mr. SiddikAnother week of emotional intensity at Floundering LLC. Isabelle has an unexpected run-in with a spiritual healer, Carey finds love with Big Dentistry and AI, and both gals grapple with the gaze of 4 YouTube subscribers.
Follow us on Instagram/YouTube @flounderingpod and on TikTok @flounderingpodcast!
2024-09-181h 17
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleA visit from the bone doctorBack despite multiple requests to cease and desist, it’s Floundering season 2! We’re in the stu taking on topics no one asked us to discuss, like the unjust persecution of Raygun and the Salem witches, the concept of summer transformations, and the ultimate transformation – death.
We’re excited to be back bringing you biweekly episodes with the content you crave: feet and sweat stains.
Follow us on Instagram and YouTube @flounderingpod and Tiktok @flounderingpodcast!
2024-09-041h 29
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleEpisode 14 | Madame Zeroni had a StanleyNoted cultural tastemakers Carey and Isabelle share their thoughts on some of the best and worst trends of past and present. Plus: Isabelle finds salvation in an Oklahoma onion burger, Carey laments the NYC marijuana crackdown, and the two share heartfelt messages in bottles.
PS: We are going on hiatus for the summer! HAGS!
2024-06-241h 12
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleEpisode 13 | Eczema vibesThe gals indulge in the fantasy of eloping with a member of a boy band and dissect the psychological phenomenon of Eldest Daughter Syndrome. Plus, flipping through encounters with subway performers, flopping through public radio fundraising drives, and loving on life's simple pleasures: the Lacheys and being perceived while reading in public.
2024-06-031h 20
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleEpisode 12 | Jungian bralettecarey and isabelle were feeling a little sluggish, so decided to discuss some lighthearted topics: grief, murder, the subconscious mind, and much more! plus: two flips, carey gives thanks to the CIA, and isabelle's ode to the sacred work trip hotel room.
2024-05-201h 05
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleEpisode 11 | Suck it bucketCarey and Isabelle try their hands at book club and unpack an article about the case for marrying an older (read: extremely wealthy and youthful) man. Plus, two flips, the notion of internet takedowns, and messages in a bottle to our favorite establishments: network TV and urgent care.
2024-05-061h 14
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleEpisode 10 | Where there be dogsa scathing indictment of celebrity culture, why handsome men are out and weird-looking dudes are in, and the magnetic pull of march madness. plus: a salacious rumor about james marsden, japanese sweet potatoes, and carey's harrowing brush with death by noise-cancelling headphones.
content warning: child sexual abuse is discussed
2024-04-221h 16
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleEpisode 9 | Thirty, flirty, and flounderingthe girls discuss where they thought they'd be at 30 (married with 5 kids) vs. where they actually are (mentally unstable with a podcast). also covered: the magic of hello fresh, innovations in fast food, and the tyranny of 4-hour long movies.
2024-04-011h 07
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleEpisode 8 | The mandela effect?coming to terms with our inability to enjoy the beach, stubbornly refusing to understand what the mandela effect is, and the unmatched freedom of a newly acquired driver's license. plus, carey gets reacquainted with god's natural SSRIs.
2024-03-181h 07
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleEpisode 7 | The pout-pout fishcarey and isabelle engage in a robust critical analysis of children's books they've never read, uncovering the morally ambiguous lessons today's kids are learning. plus: isabelle's injured girl complex and the latest installments of flip or flop and message in a bottle.
2024-03-041h 01
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleEpisode 6 | The gift of happenstance gabcarey and isabelle prove they can't handle the responsibilities of intro music while unpacking the immaculate conception of their workplace friendship. as a bonus, the gals rate their time apart (it's always painful), and send love notes to the pharmaceutical community.
2024-02-191h 13
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleEpisode 5 | Couch peopleairplanes falling apart in the sky, Isabelle's childhood quest for Jesus, our signature loss of innocence moments, and Carey's heroic defense of couch people and the insurrectionists.
2024-02-051h 03
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleEpisode 4 | I'm just a kiddisturbing celeb crushes, equally disturbing real-life crushes, waxing poetic about friendship, revealing our words of 2024.
2024-01-2253 min
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleEpisode 3 | Kilts and moose shoean ode to all the young male teachers we preyed on, and all the lousy teachers who owe us an apology (and money if they’re so inclined). also, Carey fights the sniffles and publishes a dissertation about the “girl dinner” trend.
2024-01-0850 min
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleEpisode 1 | Unknowable to ourselvescrumbling in college, gyrating our way through middle school, lusting for love at summer camp, and other things we try to bury very deep.
2023-12-181h 00
Floundering with Carey and IsabelleEpisode 2 | We are all cousins to someonethe notion of cousins (Isabelle’s favorite), daddy issues (Carey’s favorite), and the troubling epidemic of only children.
2023-12-1848 min